Attorney Kristy M. Hickman

Legal Career

Attorney Kristy M. Hickman started her legal career more than 20 years
ago, beginning first as a law clerk to Judge Daniel M. Long, of the Circuit
Court for Somerset County and then spending more than 15 years as a prosecutor.
In 1996, she began as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Somerset
County. In 2005, she was appointed interim State’s Attorney, succeeding
Logan C. Widdowson. In 2006, she was elected State’s Attorney for
Somerset County. As a prosecutor, she tried hundreds of felony cases and
won murder convictions in all 16 murder trials she prosecuted. In addition
to serving as the highest elected law enforcement officer in Somerset
County, Hickman has also served as an Assistant State’s Attorney
in Dorchester County, Maryland. She entered private practice in 2014.
Attorney Hickman concentrates her practice in the areas of
family law and
personal injury.

Attorney Hickman is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Accounting. She went on to receive her J.D. from
the William and Mary School of Law in 1994. She is admitted to practice
in both Maryland and Virginia.

Credentials

Excellent rated lawyer on Avvo

More than 20 years of legal experience

Former State's Attorney for Somerset County

Voted a member of the “Best Law Firm” by the readers of Metropolitan
Magazine for 2015 & 2016

Professional Associations

Her professional career includes serving as a law clerk to Judge Daniel
M. Long of the Circuit Court for Somerset County, the Maryland Professionalism
Task Force, the Court Commission on Professionalism, the Drug and Alcohol
Abuse Council, President of the Somerset County Bar Association, Chair
of the Somerset County Pro Bono Committee, and the Maryland State’s
Attorneys’ Association. She is a member of the Somerset County,
Wicomico County, and Maryland State Bar Associations.

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